Events - October, 26, 2012

DJ Spooky - Madame Freedom Screening With Live Re-Score

In 2007, Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) was commissioned by Art Center Nabi in Seoul, Korea, and the Korean American Film Festival in New York...

Performing Arts/Film

American Symphony Orchestra 50th Birthday Celebration

ASO celebrates its golden anniversary with a concert of “greatest hits,” starting with the first piece the Orchestra ever played, Stokowski’s arrangement of The Star-Spangled...

Books

Alexander McCall Smith - The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds

Performing Arts/Film

Movement Talks: Life Skills Through Social Dance

With Pierre Dulaine and Yvonne Marceau, moderated by Edward Henkel. These renowned show dance champions speak to the success of their in-school social development program...

Art/Photo/Design

Dürer to de Kooning: 100 Master Drawings from Munich

With Jennifer Tonkovich, Curator, and Edward Payne, Moore Curatorial Fellow, Department of Drawings and Prints.

History/NYC

The Ghosts of Greenwich Village Scavenger Hunt

Save $5 when you enter THOUGHTGALLERY at checkout here. Armed with only a flashlight, you’ll visit ghost-plagued buildings and secret cemeteries while learning the stories of...

Religion/Spirituality

God & Tao: Western and Eastern Traditions

Are the concepts of God and Tao related? Is there light within us? How can we integrate Western and Eastern traditions for modern humanity? How...

Books

Angel Nafis

Chapbook Launch: Angel Nafis presents BlackGirl Mansion book party with grits, champagne, balloons and more.

History/NYC, Film

WWII & NYC Film Series - Double Victory (2012)

Legendary filmmaker George Lucas joins Brent Staples and former Tuskegee Airman Roscoe Brown to discuss this documentary, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., spotlighting America’s first all-black...

Performing Arts/Film, Art/Photo/Design

The Ocean Floaters

Thought Gallery members receive $6 off tickets when purchasing at this link. An excursion through family heritage with script, music and songs by Peter Dizozza,...

Performing Arts/Film

Harlem Speaks - An Evening for Marian McPartland

Shall we play that one together?" How often have you heard Marian McPartland say that to the many illustrious guests who have appeared over the years on...

Performing Arts/Film

John Cage's Musical Legacy

Joel Chadabe, Richard Kostelanetz, Petr Kotik, Joseph Kubera, and Christian Wolff engage in a panel discussion on the performance practice of Cage’s music, so often...

Books

Jed Esty's Occidentalism Revisited: Conrad, Nabokov, and the Pornography of the West

Despite Nabokov's root-and-branch rejection of any serious comparison between himself and Conrad ("I differ from Joseph Conradically"), the two writers share an unusual distinction as...

Books

Charles Salzberg - Swann Dives In

Local author Charles Salzberg reads from and signs copies of the latest in his series of mysteries set in Manhattan's Upper East Side with his...

Art/Photo/Design

Koons and Picasso

Celebrated artist Jeff Koons discusses his enduring creative fascination with Pablo Picasso, in lively dialogue with art historian Pepe Karmel, New York University.

Legal/Politics/Economics

Presidential Platforms: What Are They? What Do They Say About a Candidate? Do They Really Matter? (A Program for Young and First-Time Voters)

Presidential party platforms are intended to educate voters to make informed choices by serving as a guide to each party’s priorities. But what do the...

A Passion for Paisley: The Meanings and Use of Fashion by Two Generations of King Women

Two shawls in King Manor's collection - owned by Mary Alsop King and her granddaughter, Eliza Gracie King - illustrate the evolution of this popular...